Holy Well, Scorne Lane, North Marston
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Holy Well, Scorne Lane, North Marston
Image: © David Kemp Taken: 11 Feb 2022
This edifice marks the site of a well that was supplied by a spring whose waters were claimed to have curative properties. The spring was discovered in 1290 by the then rector of North Marston, Sir John Scorne and until the Reformation the site was a place of pilgrimage. Following a drowning in 1861, the well fell into disuse and was covered over, and by 1900 had been replaced with a pump. The renovations carried out in 2004-5 included the construction of the present shelter.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.895826
Longitude
-0.872659